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Conveyancing News: Lords stalling on Home Improvement Packs |
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Article Published: 02-May-2007 Concerns regarding the intended Home Improvement Packs were raised yesterday during a debate in the House of Lords by the Council of Mortgage Lenders, the Law Society, the National Association of Estate Agents, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and Which magazine. It also heard rebuttal arguments from the Department of Communities and Local Government. The House of Lords has noted that the benefits of HIPs have not been clearly explained to the housing industry and the government has failed in its duties.Concerns centred on the decision to make Home Condition Reports voluntary, while making Energy Performance Certificates mandatory. The Department of Communities and Local Government argued that during their studies they found that the HCR was not a primary concern of the public, while a regular EPC, which goes beyond European legislation, was something that the British public wanted. The Lords were not convinced by the government's argument. The report says: "We cannot but conclude that the government have not been able to convince the principal stakeholders in the housing market that their proposals as they now stand are sensible or worthwhile, or are likely to be effective for their declared purposes; and that they need to do more if the market is to respond positively to this intervention." Baroness Hanham, the Conservative representative for local governments, has as a result of these findings, filed an amendment for debate in the Lords concerning Home Information Packs. Source: Conveyancing-0800.co.uk |
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